28 USC § 1714 - Protection against discrimination based on geographic location

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identifier: "/us/usc/t28/s1714"
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title: "28 USC § 1714 - Protection against discrimination based on geographic location"
title_number: 28
title_name: "JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "1714"
section_name: "Protection against discrimination based on geographic location"
chapter_number: 114
chapter_name: "CLASS ACTIONS"
part_number: "V"
part_name: "PROCEDURE"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 109–2, § 3(a), Feb. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 7.)"
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# § 1714. Protection against discrimination based on geographic location

The court may not approve a proposed settlement that provides for the payment of greater sums to some class members than to others solely on the basis that the class members to whom the greater sums are to be paid are located in closer geographic proximity to the court.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 109–2, § 3(a), Feb. 18, 2005, 119 Stat. 7.)

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to any civil action commenced on or after , see , set out as an Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note under .